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William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> The default service name is Apache2, both in the 2.0 and 2.2 WinNT MPMs.
>
>
> One of three things can happen here... please express your preference
> (if you have one)
>
> [ ] Change the MPM code to use Apache2.2 by default (and Apache2.4 in trunk)
> [X] Change the Installer to go back to Apache2 as the default service
> (this makes parallel installs of Apache2.0 and Apache2.2 more troublesome.)
> [ ] Change nothing, just document the discrepancy.
>
> I'm leaning twords #1 and would like to fix this with release 2.2.4, so three
> voters who share the preference would be greatly appreciated.
>
I agree with Isaac and his arguments.
Having multiple web servers on the same box requires more then
a few mouse clicks. Default service name in that case is irrelevant,
because no mater how you name it, it will always collide with already
installed one at some point.
Regards,
Mladen.